Post also quotes Rick Bookstaber who uses a biological metaphor – survival over time – in weighing investment strategies.
This train of thought was jogged by a Wharton discussion with Nassim Taleb on fragility and over-optimization (…

Mark Blyth, the co-author of NNT’s recent Foreign Affairs article, was interviewed by Christopher Lydon on Radio Open Source. Mark Blyth, The Black Swan of Cairo. http://www.blackswanreport.com/media/Mark%20Blyth_%20The%20Black%20Swan%20of%20Cairo.mp3